Hey All,

I'm currently trying to get a little VB.Net app running that has a
FileWatcher watching a log file being generated by the PortReporter
utility.

The filewatcher has no problem notifying of a change in file size,
however, i'm trying to read the changed text from the file and operate
on it.

The problem arises when i try to open the file, it doesn't matter what
i do, it always returns "An unhandled exception of type
'System.IO.IOException' occurred in mscorlib.dll".

I have tried all manner of opening the file and always seem to get the
error:

EG's:
Code:
Dim fiLogFile As New FileInfo(txtLogFileName.Text)
Dim fs As FileStream

fsFile = fiFile.OpenRead() <-- Errors on this line
Code:
FileOpen(1, txtLogFileName.Text, OpenMode.Binary)
Code:
Dim fs As New FileStream(txtLogFileName.Text, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read)
The kicker is that i have no problems opening and viewing the file in
notepad and another editor called editplus.

Anyone happen to know a way to view a locked text file in vb.net?

Not being able to work out notepad's dirty little secret is driving me
nuts!

Thanks for any help you can give me

Matt